Back when I was in school teachers would always scare me with stories of how my exploits would end up in my permanent record. I believe this is it! – Geoff Fox

Nothing To Hide

There is an independent group from Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants in England who have been monitoring the air and issuing their own forecasts which have been much more pessimistic than the official government version. Now that forecast is gone!

There’s been a lot of talk about Beijing’s air quality problems, especially with the Olympics underway. What some observers have called smog has been characterized by the Chinese as mist.

The official government air quality numbers have been surprisingly good–considering the weather has created the ideal set-up for bad! Some of us have suspected they’re cooking the books. There’s really no way for me to know.

There is an independent group from Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants in England who have been monitoring the air and issuing their own forecasts which have been much more pessimistic than the official government version. Now that forecast is gone!

From Telegraph.co.uk: British scientists monitoring air quality in Beijing have been ordered to close down their website after their readings clashed with official statistics showing the city was meeting its pollution targets.

Until now, something about Beijing’s air didn’t smell right. Now it’s two things.